London Repression Newswire Archive

25-02-2008 18:58

Scientology as Sci-Fi Fascism (corrected)

(if an administrator could remove the previous version of this article it would be much appreciated)

Today I was reading Ur-Fascism (

http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf) by Umberto Eco. In it he addresses a common political problem: how to define fascism. The problem is the incoherence in fascism either as a philosophy or a movement. Anti-capitalist or pro-business, conservative yet revolutionary, contradictory both within and between movements which take the name. Eco identifies a number of characteristics which are common to fascist movements, while acknowledging that not all will be present in any one movement or philosophy, and that a number of perceived contradictions do not prevent movements being categorised together. These characteristics are described as Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism, the base on which fascist traditions may be built. Read more >>

24-02-2008 12:57 | 1 addition

Pics of "End the siege on Gaza" Demo

Pics from the demo against the Gaza siege, Saturday 23rd February 2008, in front of Downing St. Read more >>

23-02-2008 15:03

Marylebone Road protest against Total Oppression in Burma

Ten protesters held a demonstration at Dorset House Total petrol station at 170-172 Marylebone Rd on Thursday calling on the French oil company to stop fuelling oppression in Burma with hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the brutal regime. Total has for many years been the largest western supporter of the military regime. Villagers forced as slave labour to build Total's gas pipeline nicknamed the soldiers oppressing them as the "Total Battalions".
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22-02-2008 18:12

Harmondsworth Four Are Not Guilty Of Conspiracy!!!

After a six week trial the jury came back today and acquitted ALL the defendants of conspiracy to commit violent disorder and to commit criminal damage. Read more >>

22-02-2008 10:58

SOCPA Arrest

Simon from We Are Change UK gets arrested for demonstrating illegally within the
SOCPA Zone.

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21-02-2008 17:56

Rambo IV sneak premiere at rampART burma night, TONIGHT

Tonight (21st Feb, 8pm) at rampART there is a sneak premiere of the new Rambo film along with short films about the situation in Burma (now called Myanmar) and campaigns to force Total Oil to end it's economic support of the military junta.

Films start 8pm at 15-17 rampart street.
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21-02-2008 12:07 | 1 addition

SOCPA - THE MOVIE free london screening next thursday

the school of oriental and african studies (SOAS) is hosting a free screening and discussion at 6pm next thursday - all are welcome Read more >>

20-02-2008 22:43

France, Villiers le Bel: "Kill Me Instead, Right On the Spot!"

“I’ve never seen a police operation on this scale” declared the prosecutor who supervised the raids Monday morning in Villiers le Bel, a banlieue in northern Paris where riots took place last November after 2 young people were killed by a cop car. Read more >>

19-02-2008 06:11 | 2 additions

Two Catholic Workers Found Guilty for DSEI "Rivers of Blood" Action!

On Friday 15 February, London Catholic Workers Zelda Jeffers and Fr. Martin Newell appeared before Stratford Magistrates for pouring fake blood on Excel Centre, East London the first morning of the DSEI Arms Fair 12th September 2008. The Custom House entrance was closed to both the sellers and buyers as a result.They were charged with criminal damage at one of the entrances to the

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18-02-2008 23:06

Guantánamo Activities in London last week

A series of events took place in London this week calling for justice for Guantánamo detainees past and present, and for the detention camp to be closed down, taking in protests outside the Spanish Embassy and Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London Fashion Week and a packed meeting with Moazzam Begg in East London. Read more >>

18-02-2008 12:50

Verdict awaited in Harmondsworth 4 trial.

On Friday 15 February the judge finished summing up in the trial of four men who were in Harmondsworth IRC at the time of the protest there on 28 November 2006. This morning, Monday 18 February 2008, the prisoners will be at court waiting for the jury to return with its verdict on whether they should be found guilty of various charges, the main one of which is conspiracy to commit violent disorder. Read more >>

18-02-2008 12:38

Kurds march in London for Ocalan and Peace

Roughly a thousand Kurds took part in a march in North London on Friday 15th Feb, calling for the release of Abdullah Ocalan and for peace in Kurdistan. The march marked the 9th anniversary of his illegal kidnapping in Kenya.
Pictures are copyright: (C) Peter Marshall - all rights reserved. Read more >>

17-02-2008 23:26 | 1 addition

Food Not Bombs (Brixton) - Police Repression.

Those enjoying the regular open picnic were forced to leave Brixton Town Square today in a typically heavy-handed Metropolitan Police fiasco. Read more >>

17-02-2008 14:00

Support The Harmondsworth 4! - Demonstrate 18 February 9.30-10.30am – Jury is no

On Friday 15 February the judge finished summing up in the trial of four men who were in Harmondsworth IRC at the time of the protest there on 28 November 2006. The jury are now considering whether the four should be found guilty of various charges, the main one of which is conspiracy to commit violent disorder. There has been a demonstration each Monday morning throughout the trial, and solidarity is even more important for this final week. Please join us! Read more >>

16-02-2008 10:24

Unlawful Detention

An asylum seeker continues to languish in Britains (Guantanamo Bay) Harmondsworth Detention Centre for 8 months after been detained despite the facts that it is against Home Office published policy on detention, on parents enagaged in Child Contact Proceedings and Case law regarding eminent removal. Read more >>

15-02-2008 13:47 | 1 addition

Guantánamo Britons’ Spanish extradition request: an update

Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files,” reports on the latest stage in the Spanish government’s attempts to extradite Omar Deghayes and Jamil El-Banna, two of the three Britons freed from Guantánamo in December, on long-discredited charges. Read more >>

15-02-2008 13:14

Scientology: what it is and why we fight it

0. Prologue.

Tottenham Court Road, 10th February 2008. A busy London high street filled with shoppers. On one side of the road, the “Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Centre”. On the other, a crowd of people clad in V for Vendetta masks, dancing to Rick Astley and holding placards. Fair Game. Lisa McPherson. The Rehabilitation Project Force. What in the name of Xenu are they on about? Read more >>

14-02-2008 16:41

Unofficial "Memories" of Colombia's Armed Conflict

London Branch 19th February, 7.30pm. Read more >>

14-02-2008 04:14 | 1 addition

Total's Gain Burma's Pain in French Total Oil's 4Q Results

Whilst Total announced that its fourth-quarter profits had risen 62 per cent to 5.23 billion US dollars exploiting high oil prices, eighteen protesters at Total's London HQ on February 13th, announced the real results of Total's exploitation of the oppressed Burmese in Totalitarian Burma.
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14-02-2008 03:47 | 1 addition

Don't leave Burma to Rambo

Rambo is just a fantasy hero, but the violence and villains depicted in the latest Rambo movie are a reality in Burma. At the UK premiere of Rambo, the pro-democracy Burmese community thanked Sylvester Stallone for helping to raise awareness of the genocide and atrocities of the Burmese military junta.
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